Which to use
“inventée” and “inventer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,739
- “inventée” frequency rank
- #6,520
- “inventer” frequency rank
- 24259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inventée | inventer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de inventer. | Concevoir, avoir l’idée le premier, de quelque chose de nouveau ayant une utilité pratique (sans concrétisation). |
Same sound, different letters: inventée vs inventer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. inventée (VCCVCCVV) and inventer (VCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - inventée / inventer
This is the hard kind. inventée and inventer are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inventée is recorded at frequency rank #17,739, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te\. inventer is at rank #6,520, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 24259, this pair ranks #347,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of inventée vs inventer
Shared letters: eintv. Private to "inventée": é. Private to "inventer": r.
"inventée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "inventer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inventer ← inevnter · innventer · invenetr · invennter · inventerr · inventre · inventter · invetner
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inventée" for "inventer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "inventée" or "inventer"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "inventée" / "inventer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "inventée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inventer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inventée" and "inventer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inventée vs inventive". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #347,648 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.